OPC Data Logger - Configuration & Monitoring for New & Experienced Users

Rapid Configuration While Still Meeting Power User Needs

Whether you configure wizard driven, object oriented UI, or mass import, OPC Data Logger provides many options for rapid time to results on small and large projects. 

All projects are made of up 4 parts:

• Collectors - connections to your OPC servers
• Presentation - how you want the data formatted
• Storage - where you want the data stored
  • Combine Collectors & Presentation
• Logging Tasks - combine the above 3 with items/tags to log and at what rates, triggers, etc. 

Triggers and Writebacks are associated with 1 or more Storage and Logging tasks.

Projects are stored in a single file, for easy replication and portability to multiple systems. 

Connection checks, test mode, and troubleshooting tools speed success. 

OPC Item Browsing

Whether you're using OPC DA Classic or OPC UA data sources, you can browse for OPC items provided your OPC server supports the browse interface, which most do. 

• Filter by name, data type, and access rights
• Filter by branch name
• Add single or multiple items in one step
• Optionally browse for extended item attributes 

Import/Export for Large Applications

Import tags from CSV files or directly from OPC Servers

• Datalogger exports from other projects or parts of a project
• CSV exports from Software Toolbox TOP Server or Kepware KEPServer-EX
• Browsing of OPC Server item tree and importing of all tags found

Whichever method you choose, OPC Data Logger Tags can be configured rapidly

OPC UA Certificate Management

When using OPC UA security, the client, in this case OPC Data Logger, has to present a valid certificate to the OPC server, and the user has to do a one-time acceptance of the OPC servers' security certificate. 

OPC Data Logger makes this easy right from the OPC UA connection screen. Certificates that OPC Data Logger has seen that are unknown will be listed and can be viewed and marked as trusted.  Users can also generate their own new certificates or import signed certificates. 

Advanced Project Settings

In keeping with the flexibility, rapid time-to-results theme of OPC Data Logger, users can adjust multiple configuration settings to their liking as shown here.  Attention to these details is another thing that sets OPC Data Logger apart

• Enable Bulk Data Logging - on database storage projects, this will batch all values received in a single response from an OPC server into a single insert, up to the limits of your SQL database of course
• Enable Store & Forward on Database Logging or set in memory buffer size 
• Configurable database keep alive interval to save the time of opening/closing/re-opening database connections
• Event log storage and size
• Disable Wizards at start
• Disable requiring test run before starting project full run